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Frustrating Practice

Picked all the easy locks and want to step up your game? Further your lock picking techniques, exchange pro tips, videos, lessons, and develop your skills here.

Frustrating Practice

Postby Fire Fox » 21 Dec 2012 6:07

I have three locks that I've taken apart and I've been randomly selecting pins, drivers, and springs and can pick them easily in any of the combinations. I now keyed one of the locks to my front door and for the life of me I cannot pick it! It's so frustrating!! Any other combination, BAM I'm done in seconds. This combination, minutes go by and I got nothing. Ok I'm done </rant>
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Re: Frustrating Practice

Postby MrAnybody » 21 Dec 2012 9:04

Fire Fox wrote:...... It's so frustrating!! Any other combination, BAM I'm done in seconds. This combination, minutes go by and I got nothing. Ok I'm done </rant>


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Re: Frustrating Practice

Postby boggif » 21 Dec 2012 12:10

Have you made it more difficultly keyed like having long pins in the front? It may also have something to do with the binding order which may change depending on pinning.

Either way, it can make a great practising experience when you learn how to beat it now.
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Re: Frustrating Practice

Postby Fire Fox » 21 Dec 2012 18:43

boggif It is a learning experience and I think I will be all that much better once I figure it out. Currently, I can pick all of the pins except one. There are two spool pins in there and I know for a fact that one of them is getting trapped at the sheer line. What is really getting me is that I'm unable to identify which pin it is. I think, and this is where the learning part comes in, that instead of picking a single pin I am placing my pick in-between two pins and picking both of them.
Tomorrow I am going to measure out the pin distances and mark my pick with a sharpie so I can get an exact feel.

And MrAnybody ... a beer does sound good - but even better is one of those "hard" lemonades :D
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Re: Frustrating Practice

Postby boggif » 22 Dec 2012 5:37

You could also count the pins if you're unsure which one your hitting at. There should be no problem feeling all the pins to get a count.

My favourite practise lock at the momment gets into a similar situation where I have to feel which of the 4 probable pins is the binding one. It is so great for practising the delicate touch. Touching a wrong one too heavily overlifts a pin and getting the right one is the last one binding and opens the lock. Instant reward available :)

Sometimes a different lifting order might be a solution too.
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